jiè

to introduce

to lie between; between; shell; armor

a picture of 介 → a person standing between two lines

The character shows 人 (person) flanked by two strokes, visually placing someone in the middle. This image of standing between things extends naturally to introducing, mediating, and the protective shell of armor.

PersonSemantic

请让我来绍一下我的朋友。

qǐng ràng wǒ lái jiè shào yī xià wǒ de péng yǒu。

Please let me introduce my friend.

他们两人之间需要一个人从中绍。

tā men liǎng rén zhī jiān xū yào yī gè rén cóng zhōng jiè shào。

Between the two of them, they need someone in the middle to make introductions.

Words with 介

介蒂

jiè dì

variant of 芥蒂[jie4 di4]

介电常数

jiè diàn cháng shù

dielectric constant

卡介苗

kǎ jiè miáo

bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

连续介质力学

lián xù jiè zhì lì xué

mechanics of a continuous medium

一介不取

yī jiè bù qǔ

to not even take a penny (as a bribe)

中介

zhōng jiè

to act as intermediary

中介所

zhōng jiè suǒ

agency

中介资料

zhōng jiè zī liào

metadata

介词

jiè cí

preposition

介入

jiè rù

to intervene; to get involved

介子

jiè zǐ

meson

介质

jiè zhì

medium

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